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China to dominate humanoid robot mkt

Technicians adjust humanoid robots on display during a recent expo in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province. PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY China will dominate more than half of the global humanoid robot production this year, as the country is racing ahead in the sector as part of the next big frontier in artificial intelligence and automation, according…

Robot half-marathon puts innovations to the test

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, crosses the finish line during the Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing on Saturday. The robot, which completed the run in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds, won the race and became the world’s first humanoid robot to finish a half-marathon.…

Experts expect policies to expand domestic demand and boost consumption

Policies are expected to continue to intensify efforts to expand domestic demand and boost consumption, experts said at a first-quarter data analysis event held by China News Service in Beijing recently. Fiscal policy should transition from an emphasis on investment to a balanced emphasis on both investment and consumption, shift focus from enterprises to households,…

Huawei launches new auto models

A Huawei sign is displayed at their stand at the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world’s biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Huawei Technologies Co unveiled a string of new car models in partnership with carmakers such as Seres and BAIC Group on Wednesday, as the Chinese tech heavyweight works to…

Digital boom, AI growth bring Qingyang good fortune

[Photo/IC] LANZHOU — On a windswept plateau in northwestern China, 29-year-old Wang Ting sat in front of a computer, with her eyes darting across a cascade of images depicting bustling urban streets in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen in Guangdong province. With meticulous precision, she marked vehicles, pedestrians and traffic signs on the…

Merlin bullish on China’s potential as Legoland Shanghai nears debut

An aerial image shows the construction of Legoland Shanghai. Located in Shanghai’s Jinshan district, the 318,000-square-meter resort will become the biggest Legoland at opening in the world. [CHINA DAILY] British entertainment group Merlin Entertainments is advancing toward the summer opening of Legoland Shanghai Resort, marking a strategic milestone in the company’s expansion in China, said…

China drives global EV sales up 29% in Q1

A new energy vehicle production line in Changxing county, Zhejiang province. TAN YUNFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Global EV sales, which include battery-only ones and plug-in hybrids, totaled 4.1 million units in the first three months this year, up 29 percent from the same period last year, according to statistics from Rho Motion, a leading EV research…

Rural industries improving in quality, efficiency and revenues

Workers check on the growth of corn seedlings at a smart seedling cultivation center in Muba township, Peng’an county, Sichuan province, on Tuesday. [Photo by Liu Yonghong/For chinadaily.com.cn] With rural industries creating more job opportunities, farmers’ incomes in China continued to rise in the first quarter of the year, a senior official with the Ministry…

Nation’s free trade zones to get more support in reform push

An aerial view of the container wharf of Qinzhou Port in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] China will strengthen the building of domestic pilot free trade zones, carry out pioneering and leading reforms, and firmly respond to external risks and challenges in the light of a complex and severe international situation, the Ministry…